Key points
- Cobalt Blue highlighted a Small Caps analysis of Project Infinity, its nodule-refinery consortium with Glomar Minerals.
- The article examines the core deep-sea mining challenge: the lack of a commercial-scale metallurgical pathway for polymetallic nodules.
- Cobalt Blue’s patented hydrometallurgical technology has demonstrated more than 90 percent extraction of cobalt, nickel and manganese from nodules.
- It frames the venture against US supply-chain strategy and the US-Australia critical minerals framework.
Small Caps has published a detailed analysis of Project Infinity — our consortium with US-based marine extraction firm Glomar Minerals — and what it means for the critical minerals sector.
The piece examines the processing challenge at the heart of deep-sea mining: extracting value from polymetallic nodules has long been constrained by the absence of a commercial-scale metallurgical pathway. Cobalt Blue’s patented hydrometallurgical technology, which has demonstrated greater than 90% extraction of cobalt, nickel, and manganese from nodules, is positioned to fill that gap.
The article also covers the geopolitical backdrop — US supply chain strategy, China’s dominance of critical mineral processing, and the alignment of Project Infinity with the US–Australia Framework for Securing Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals.
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